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Ex. 20:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

Thou shalt have no othere gods before me.

2 Kings 17:35• ³⁵And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them; (2 Kings 17:35)

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Jer. 25:6• ⁶and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. (Jer. 25:6)

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Matt. 4:10• ¹⁰Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. (Matt. 4:10)

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Ex. 15:11• ¹¹Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods?{HR}Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness,{HR}Fearful in praises, doing wonders?{HR} (Ex. 15:11)

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Deut. 5:7• ⁷Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (Deut. 5:7)

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Deut. 6:5,14• ⁵And thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
¹⁴Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you; (Deut. 6:5,14)

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Josh. 24:18‑24• ¹⁸And Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, and the Amorites the inhabitants of the land: so therefore we will serve Jehovah, for he is our God.
¹⁹And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
²⁰If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
²¹And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.
²²And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
²³Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.
²⁴And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken. (Josh. 24:18‑24)

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2 Kings 17:29‑35• ²⁹And every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they dwelt.
³⁰And the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the people of Cuth made Nergal, and the people of Hamath made Ashima,
³¹and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
³²So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves from all classes of them priests of the high places, who offered sacrifices for them in the houses of the high places.
³³They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods after the manner of the nations, whence they had been carried away.
³⁴To this day they do after their former customs: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes or after their ordinances, nor after the law and commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
³⁵And Jehovah had made a covenant with them, and charged them saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them; (2 Kings 17:29‑35)

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Psa. 29:2• ²Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name;{HR}Bow down to Jehovah in the beauty of holiness. (Psa. 29:2)

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Psa. 73:25• ²⁵Whom have I in the heavens?{HR}And beside thee none I desire upon the earth. (Psa. 73:25)

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Psa. 81:9• ⁹There shall no strange god be in thee,{HR}Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. (Psa. 81:9)

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Isa. 26:4• ⁴Confide ye in Jehovah forever; for in Jah, Jehovah [is the] rock of ages. (Isa. 26:4)

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Isa. 43:10• ¹⁰Ye [are] my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] He; before me there was no god formed, neither shall there be after me. (Isa. 43:10)

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Isa. 44:8• ⁸Fear not, neither be afraid: have not I caused thee to hear long ago, and showed [it]? And ye [are] my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not [any]. (Isa. 44:8)

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Isa. 45:21‑22• ²¹Declare, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it long ago? [Have] not I Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me.
²²Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:21‑22)

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Isa. 46:9• ⁹Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and there is none else; I [am] God, and there is none like me, (Isa. 46:9)

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Jer. 25:6• ⁶and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. (Jer. 25:6)

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Jer. 35:15• ¹⁵I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened unto me. (Jer. 35:15)

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Matt. 4:10• ¹⁰Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. (Matt. 4:10)

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1 Cor. 8:4,6• ⁴Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one.
⁶yet to us [there is] one God the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him. (1 Cor. 8:4,6)

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Eph. 5:5• ⁵For this ye are aware of, knowing that no fornicator nor unclean nor covetous [person], who is an idolater, hath inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. (Eph. 5:5)

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Phil. 3:19• ¹⁹whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the belly, and they glory in their shame, who mind the things of earth. (Phil. 3:19)

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Col. 2:18• ¹⁸Let no one defraud you of your prize, doing his will in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh, (Col. 2:18)

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1 John 5:20‑21• ²⁰And we know that the Son of God came, and hath given to us understanding that we should know the true one; and we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life eternal.
²¹Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:20‑21)

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Rev. 19:10• ¹⁰And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he saith to me, See thou do it not: I am fellow-servant of thee and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Rev. 19:10)

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Rev. 22:9• ⁹And he saith to me, See thou do it not: I am fellow-servant of thee and of thy brethren the prophets and of those that keep the words of this book: worship God. (Rev. 22:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

W. Kelly Translation

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)